Philip Seymour Hoffman

[Spoiler alert: The below post discusses several plot points in the film “Furious 7,” particularly with regard to the arc of Paul Walker’s Brian O’Conner character.] There are more difficult challenges in life and the larger world, but when it comes to making a movie, few hurdles compare to the death of an actor midway through production. In addition to the obvious human issues, there’s the looming question of what to do with the film itself. How do you craft a movie around only a partial performance? And how in the storytelling do you deal with the actor’s real-life mortality, which every audience member will be thinking about the minute the actor...

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From the Hoffman family: "We are devastated by the loss of our beloved Phil and appreciate the outpouring of love and support we have received from everyone. This is a tragic and sudden loss and we ask that you respect our privacy during this time of grieving. Please keep Phil in your thoughts...

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[Spoiler alert: The below post discusses several plot points in the film “Furious 7,” particularly with regard to the arc of Paul Walker’s Brian O’Conner character.]
There are more difficult challenges in life and the larger world, but when it comes to...

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“Mockingjay” shot its way to the...

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A friend of Philip Seymour Hoffman who was arrested in the investigation following the Oscar winner's fatal overdose has taken a plea deal that gives him no jail time.
Robert Aaron Vineberg initially faced a felony charge of heroin possession with intent...

It wasn't his first film to do so, but the 1989 drama "Dead Poets Society" reminded millions that Robin Williams was an actor as well as a comic maelstrom as well as a star.
The man introduced to those same millions a decade earlier in...

Prior to this year’s Cannes Film Festival the director Bennett Miller asserted himself as a major, stealthy talent attuned to minor-key, observant portraits of American success stories with an asterisk, a hidden price tag.
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Nearly a month after the untimely death of Philip Seymour Hoffman, the office of the chief medical examiner in New York City has released the results of his autopsy.
The Oscar-winning actor died of "acute mixed drug intoxication" from a...

Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who was found dead in his New York apartment on Feb. 2, died of an accidental overdose of drugs, the New York City Chief Medical Examiner said on Friday.
The cause of death was acute drug intoxication, including heroin,...

One of the two friends who discovered Philip Seymour Hoffman's body in his apartment has withdrawn a lawsuit against the National Enquirer after reaching a settlement with the tabloid.
David Bar Katz has come to an agreement with the Enquirer over a...

The family friend who piloted a personal watercraft in the July 2012 boating accident that killed Usher's stepson Kile Glover was found guilty in Atlanta on Thursday of homicide by vessel and several related charges.
Jeffrey Simon Hubbard was...

The first trailer for one of the Paul Walker's final films, "Brick Mansions," has been released, and it finds the late action star on familiar ground as he pummels bad guys, leaps from tall buildings, bickers with a mismatched partner,...

A funeral Mass for actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was held Friday at St. Ignatius of Loyola church on Park Avenue in New York City, with dozens of acting luminaries turning out to bid farewell to the Oscar winner who died Sunday of an apparent heroin...

The young New York woman had just gotten home from rehab but couldn't wait to shoot up again. Her parents, who lived in an affluent neighborhood of Long Island's Suffolk County, found her in the shower when they heard the water running too long.
She...

Philip Seymour Hoffman's cause of death is still "pending further studies," New York City's chief medical examiner said Wednesday.
Four people arrested in New York have been charged with drugs offences possibly connected to narcotics found at...